The Kinks never got the credit they deserved on this side of the Atlantic, in no small part because they were banned from touring in this country from 1965 to 1969. Which is too bad, because The Kinks may just be the best band to come out of the Sixties British Invasion.
Yeah, yeah... I know... We're all supposed to believe The Beatles were the best band ever, but personally, I find The Kinks' music to be more interesting. More human, if you will. More organic.
In 1970, The Kinks returned to the USA with 'Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One', which would definitely make my list of 50 best Rock 'N Roll albums. Built around a cynical look at the music industry, it was originally meant to be part of a double album but the band never got around to making Part Two. As Ray Davies said in a 2014 interview, "Lola Versus Powerman… was good versus evil, obviously, and in Volume Two, I sketched out how you become your worst nightmare, how the good man goes so far he becomes the evil person he always fought against. But we had to do another tour, we had the RCA deal, and we had other recording projects that we had to work towards, and it got lost, unfortunately."
But that's okay. Part One is good enough for me. Enjoy...
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